Action folded to the player in the small blind and he raised to 15,000. Daniel Negreanu was in the big blind and made the call to watch the flop come down . The small blind bet 16,500, Negreanu called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
This time the small blind checked and Negreanu bet 26,000. The small blind responded by check-raising all in for around 120,000 more and Negreanu insta-folded. He is down to about 318,000.
On the flop of , Taylor von Kriegenbergh checked to his opponent. The player bet 12,500 and von Kriegenbergh called.
The turn brought the to pair the board and von Kriegenbergh checked. His opponent slid out a tall stack of chips worth 28,000. Von Kriegenbergh called again.
The river completed the board and both players checked.
Von Kriegenbergh's for aces and eights with a king kicker was the winning hand as his opponent mucked. Von Kriegenbergh moved to nearly 1.5 million and is still leading the way.
Pat Pezzin and Victor Ramdin both put 10,000 in each on the flop of , although we didn't see who bet and who called. The turn brought the and Pezzin checked. Ramdin bet 30,000 and Pezzin folded. Ramdin showed a set of threes with the .
ON the next hand, action folded to Pezzin on the button and he raised to 11,000. Ramdin three-bet to 32,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
David Baker was just in the enviable position of waking up with against a short stack's shove. The shorty was in a bad way with , and a board full of blanks earned Baker the knockout and a chip increase to about 215,000.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh has been on such a heater as of late that he has hardly found time to stack his chips. In one hand, von Kriegenbergh raised to 12,500 under the gun only to have the big blind move all in for 64,000. Von Kriegenbergh made the call and the cards were revealed:
Von Kriegenbergh:
Big Blind:
The board ran out and von Kriegenbergh sent one player to the rail. On the very next hand, von Kriegenbergh held and called another short-stacked player's shove. His opponent's was no match as the board ran out and von Kriegenbergh sent another to the rail.
A few hands after that, Canadian pro Anh Van Nguyen moved all in from early position for his last 80,000 and was quickly called by von Kriegenbergh:
Nguyen:
Von Kriegenbergh:
Once again the board ran out clean for von Kriegenbergh when it came . Just like that, Nguyen joined those in the payout line. After all that, von Kriegenbergh is sitting with 1.39 million and looks to be the chip leader.
Cynthia May, the last woman remaining in the Big Event, moved all in from the small blind for 30,500 after action folded to her. Jeff Williams made the call from the big blind and the cards were turned up:
May:
Williams:
May was ahead but not after the flop paired Williams and gave him the lead. Lucky for May, the turn was the to give her back the lead. The on the river ensured her double to around 70,000, which is still quite short; meanwhile, Williams dropped to 140,000.
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Action folded to Rom Segal and he raised to 10,000. Taylor von Kriegenbergh reraised to 29,500 from the next seat and play folded back around to Segal. He made it 70,000. Von Kriegenbergh began talking to Segal and Segal had mentioned that if von Kriegenbergh moved all in, he would snap-call. After another minute, von Kriegenbergh raised again to 154,500. Segal moved all in and von Kriegenbergh snapped him off.
Segal:
Von Kriegenbergh:
The board ran out and von Kriegenbergh's aces held up. After the final count of the stacks, von Kriegenbergh was covered by Segal. Segal was left with about 95,000 in chips while von Kriegenbergh vaulted himself right behind Victor Ramdin with 1.06 million.